The Lovelock Mercantile Building. The back of the 1950s postcard says, “The largest department store in the State of Nevada, consisting of groceries, meats, hardware, furniture, dry goods, drug department and fountain. Best lunches served. Stop in for lunch and visit our entire store.”

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The March 1907 Lovelock Tribune ran the story on the front page. Everyone envied the guy who bought a corner of Lovelock, sold it within days and pocketed two grand. Today we’d say Frank Tessler flipped a prime piece of real estate. But the March 1907 Tribune put it this way:Mercantile Co to buy Pinniger Corner

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Nevada Department of Agriculture, is offering a workshop March 5 to train people throughout the state how to properly use pesticides in aquatic environments to avoid damage to water quality and nontarget plants and wildlife.The workshop is meant for certified applicators and those wanting to become certified, including people who regularly handle pesticides as part of their jobs, such as farmers, ranchers, park employees and groundskeepers. Attendees will receive continuing education units.Continue this story

What to do if your trees or shrubs have been damaged by ice or wind this winter. First, two questions should be addressed. The first one is, “Does the condition of the tree warrant efforts to save it or should it be removed?” Major tree repair can be quite expensive and should only be attempted if a major portion of the tree is still intact and efforts can be made to maintain its attractiveness and value to the property. Continue this story

To help empower family caregivers to succeed in the caregiving role, the Alzheimer’s Association is offering one-day Savvy Caregiver Trainings in Northern Nevada, with a workshop coming up in Winnemucca on March 12. The workshop provides an overview of the full six-week training for family caregivers, which is designed to help them (1) improve their knowledge, approach, skills and outlook, (2) gain the confidence to set and achieve caregiving goals and (3) learn strategies to manage stress and make decisions.Continue this story

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The Division of Child & Family Services (DCFS) is actively seeking members of the community to provide temporary foster care to displaced children, the current number of foster families in Winnemucca is insufficient to meet the ongoing needs of the community. A foster care training will be held in Winnemucca on March 22-24, by the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) and is free for all participants. The training will be held in the Sonoma Room of Humboldt General Hospital at 118 East Haskell Street. The Friday-Sunday training will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on all three days.

The American Academy of Pediatrics issued its most strongly worded statement against spanking children, warning against the harmful effects of corporal punishment in the home.The group, which represents about 67,000 doctors, also recommended that pediatricians advise parents against the use of spanking, which it defined as “noninjurious, openhanded hitting with the intention of modifying child behavior,” and said to avoid using nonphysical punishment that is humiliating, scary or threatening.Continue this story

The Justice Department today announced that the Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded more than $8.3 million in Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP) funding to aid Californians who are survivors of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein made the announcement in a speech today to law enforcement at the Los Angeles Crime Fighters Leadership Conference.Continue this story

A Hunter education course will be offered Feb. 28, March 1-2 at the Pershing County Community Center. Class times will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. until finished. Continue this story

In football, every game matters. If the opposing team is inexperienced, that gives the more seasoned team a chance to experiment. Everybody gets off the bench. Players try different positions on for size.

After trying and failing to re-schedule its game against Carlin due to weather, the McDermitt High School boys basketball team managed to make it to Eureka to play their last game of the regular season.However, the Bulldogs suffered a 64-55 loss to the Vandals.Continue this story

Want to learn more about illegal drug use in schools? The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a Parental Drug Education Program at Grass Valley Elementary School for parents on Wednesday, March 21 from 6 p.m. — 8 p.m.

Steven Lawrence Dixon recently appeared in Sixth Judicial District Court for a sentencing hearing after being convicted by a jury trial of felony driving under the influence with a prior felony in December. Dixon was ordered to 30-90 months in prison. The prison sentence was ordered to be served consecutive to the 12-34 months Dixon is currently serving for a fourth-degree arson charge he was convicted of late last year, also by jury trial.

Items in the Court Dispositions are compiled from public records contained in the Union Township Justice Court and the Sixth Judicial District Court. News4Nevada reports all felony hearings, misdemeanor convictions and dismissals for which the court releases information. When requested by the individual, N4N will post the person’s mug shot with their court disposition.

Items in the Police Blotter are compiled from public information contained in Winnemucca Police Department reports. News4Nevada reports all incidents about which law-enforcement agencies release information. Charges or citations listed in the blotter do not imply guilt, which is determined in court. Mug shots are provided by law enforcement as part of the public record. Persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Yoga classes for bureaucrats. Brown snake eradication program. Congressional pensions. Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. Those are actual lines in recent federal budgets totaling $150,000, $668,000, $38 million, and $65 million respectively.All are “chump change” compared to $363 billion (with a “b”) to be spent this year on interest on the debt. That’s $53 billion higher than last year, a 17% increase. Interest payments are now 8% of the budget and increasing, crowding out vital programs and priorities. What do Americans get for $363 billion? Absolutely nothing. Interest is the price paid for decades of spending beyond revenues, as finance charges on credit cards pay for privileges to spend beyond one’s income.